AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING IN HOBBS LEAVES ONE MAN DEAD. STATE POLICE SAY 49 YEAR OLD WILLIAM SMITH WAS THE PASSENGER IN A CAR THAT LED LAW ENFORCEMENT ON A CHASE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WHEN THE CHASE ENDED ON A DEAD-END STREET IN LEA COUNTY, DEPUTIES AND A HOBBS POLICE OFFICER FIRED AT SMITH.
SMITH LATER DIED AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL. STATE POLICE SAY A FIREARM WAS FOUND NEAR SMITH.
THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WAS ARRESTED. NO OTHER WORD ON WHAT LED TO THE POLICE CHASE. THE NAMES OF THE OFFICERS INVOLVED HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED.
